Takayashu's disease revealed by hemiplegia and syncope in a 35-year-old black woman: clinical case study and brief review literature

Abstract

AKAYASU’S DISEASE PRESENTING AS HEMIPLEGIA
AND SYNCOPE IN A 35-YEARS-OLD BLACK AFRICAN
WOMAN: A CASE STUDY AND BRIEF LITERATURE
REVIEW
Takayasu’s disease is a rare chronic inflammatory arteritis, of unknown etiology. This giant-cell mediated vasculitis
leading to large vessels involvement was firstly described in
1908 by the Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu.
Cases reported in black African people are rare. We reported
a case of Takayasu’s arteritis in a 35-years-old black African
woman presenting with arterial hypertension complicated
by stroke and having syncope; the diagnosis was based on
CT-angiography.